Hospital IT

How To Use Predictive Analytics In The Hospital Supply Chain

Big Data, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

Many hospitals still rely on manual processes or antiquated technologies for managing their expensive supplies and implants. The concept of predictive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) in their supply chains may seem like a remote possibility, but this doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. Advances in hospital supply chain technologies over the last decade […]

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How To Link Patient Outcomes To Medical Devices Using UDI

Big Data, Clinical Documentation, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Regulatory Compliance, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is touting the benefits of tying unique device identifiers (UDIs) on medical devices to patient outcomes via electronic medical records. UDIs have been a long-term dream for many in healthcare, who view the ability to track and trace medical devices using unique item-level codes as a true

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How To Create A Culture Of Safety Across A Growing Health System

Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Managing Endoscopes, Patient Safety, Regulatory Compliance, Tissue Management /

Hospitals continue to fight the trends of declining reimbursements and increasing expenses with a multi-pronged attack. One of the favorite tools of larger health systems that are staving off shrinking margins is hospital consolidation. The idea goes that as more hospitals are brought into the health system, efficiencies can be gained by sending less profitable

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UDI One Step Closer To Reality

Big Data, Cath Lab, Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Patient Safety, Radiology, Regulatory Compliance, Revenue Cycle, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery, Tissue Management /

The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and its European equivalents are currently conducting a real-world pilot aimed at bringing unique device identifiers (UDIs) one step closer to reality. UDIs have been a long-term dream for many in healthcare, who view the ability to track and trace medical devices using unique item-level codes as

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How Supply Price Inaccuracies Can Affect The Bottom Line

Big Data, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

Due to the nature of how hospitals and health systems acquire supplies, product prices are constantly changing. Different hospitals in the same health system, and even different departments within the same hospital, may be paying different rates for the same items, and those prices are typically in flux. With supply chains and individual departments within

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Disappointed With The ROI From Your EHR Investment? You’re Not Alone

Big Data, Clinical Documentation, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Revenue Cycle, The Business of Surgery /

Yet another study has been published showing the disappointing return on investment that hospitals are experiencing with their electronic health record (EHR) implementations. The new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), showed that the costs of administering billing and insurance-related functions may actually have increased following EHR roll-outs. This is

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The Key To Figuring Out Your Cost Per Case

Big Data, Cath Lab, Clinical Documentation, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Radiology, Revenue Cycle, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

Historically, the cost of a surgical procedure has been a difficult equation to solve. As the US healthcare system moves more and more toward a value-based system, hospitals require now more than ever an accurate understanding of their procedure costs. These accurate procedure costs then need to be compared to outcomes in order to perform

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The “Post-EHR” Era Will Require Hospitals To Get More Value Out Of Their EHR Data

Big Data, Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, The Business of Surgery /

Hospitals are just scratching the surface of the value that they can derive from the data in their Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Simultaneously, they are facing a growing threat to their EHR data – physicians and other clinicians are increasingly vocal about their frustration with the time they are spending documenting encounters in EHRs instead

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Best Practices for Integrating Implant Management Software With Your Materials Management System

Hospital IT, Operational Efficiency, Supply Chain, The Business of Surgery /

A materials management system plays a vital part of any hospital because it is accountable for all the inventory that is stored inhouse and is the source of information pertaining to any material that is used in a hospital. These systems, like PeopleSoft, Lawson or Infor, manage vendor contracts, maintain pricing, identify consigned or owned

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Return Clinician Time To Patients With EMR Improvements

Big Data, Clinical Documentation, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, The Business of Surgery /

Physicians and other clinicians in hospitals have been increasingly vocal about their frustration with the time they are spending documenting encounters in EMRs instead of focusing on patient care.  Backing up that claim is a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that found that only 27% of the average day is spent by

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